Tavern shooter sentenced to nine years in prison

GOSHEN — Kevin Brennan Jr., 24, of Middletown, was sentenced Thursday in Orange County Court to nine years in prison for a shooting outside an Otisville tavern.

Brennan pleaded guilty June 2 to first-degree assault, a felony, in the Dec. 29 shooting outside the Victory Lane Bar & Grille. After a dispute inside the bar, Brennan’s friend handed him a handgun.

Officials said Brennan fired a shot in the bar, seriously injuring the victim, and then exchanged gunfire outside with the victim’s brother, who was armed with a licensed handgun and who also faces charges.

Brennan’s lawyer, Gary Greenwald, said his client was also shot, and asked that he be able to speak at his shooter’s sentencing. Brennan apologized to the victim and his family.